SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1979
DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD
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LAST MONTH WAS THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WITH NO RAINFALL REGISTERED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY.
THE NEXT DRIEST OCTOBER MONTHS WERE IN 1890 AND 1912 IN EACH OF WHICH 0.4 MM OF RAIN WAS RECORDED.
LAST MONTH WAS ALSO THE SUNNIEST, LEAST HUMID AND LEAST CLOUDY OCTOBER ON RECORD.
TOTAL SUNSHINE AMOUNTED TO 297.4 HOURS, AN AVERAGE OF 9.59 HOURS EACH DAY. CLOUDINESS WAS 20.4 PER CENT AND THE MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY 60.6 PER CENT. TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR NORMAL.
THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR GORDON BELL SAID: +ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO RAIN FOR 36 DAYS, THIS IS NOT SO UNUSUAL. THERE WERE 60 DAYS WITH NO MEASURABLE RAIN BETWEEN NOVEMBER 13, 1909
JANUARY 11, 1910 AND 59 DAYS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 20, 1884
JANUARY 17, 1885."
TOTAL ACCUMULATED RAINFALL FROM JANUARY 1 TO OCTOBER 31
THIS YEAR AMOUNTED TO 2 603.3 MM WHICH IS 19 PER CENT ABOVE NORMAL.
71 PEOPLE TO RECEIVE INSIGNIA
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SEVENTY-ONE PEOPLE DECORATED BY THE QUEEN FOR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY WILL RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS FROM THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 5) EVENING.
THE INSIGNIA TO BE PRESENTED INCLUDE ONE CMG, ONE CBE SEVEN OBE'S, 12 MBE'S, ONE QUEEN'S GALLANTRY MEDAL AND 19 BEM'S.
SPECIAL PARKING ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR GUESTS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY.
ALL CARS CARRYING GUESTS MAY ENTER BY THE MAIN GATE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE. AFTER THEY HAVE ALIGHTED, VEHICLES BEARING G.H. LABELS MAY PARK IN THE FORECOURT AS DIRECTED, OR, IF CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN, RETURN AT 6.50 P.M.
VEHICLES BEARING BLUE LABELS MUST EXIT BY THE EAST GATE AND THEN PARK AT UPPER ALBERT ROAD, LOWER ALBERT ROAD NEAR CENTRAL HOSPITAL AND THE SLIP ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES CONSULATE BUILDING, THE METERED CAR PARK BETWEEN KENNEDY ROAD AND GARDEN ROAD AND THE CAR PARK AT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN LOWER ALBERT ROAD.
ALL VEHICLES PARKED INSIDE GOVERNMENT HOUSE SHOULD LEAVE BY THE EAST GATE. OTHER GUESTS ARE REQUESTED TO WALK TO THEIR CARS AFTER THE CEREMONY.
/PARKING FACILITIES